Best PlacesBurnips, MI Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Burnips, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Burnips ranks 5,332nd of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on low crime by a wide margin, and car insurance costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Burnips
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Burnips' strengths and weaknesses
Where Burnips ranks high
- Crime safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Heat safetyBetter than 98% of towns
- Disaster safetyBetter than 96% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 92% of towns
- Local economyBetter than 91% of towns
Where Burnips ranks low
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 5% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 22% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 24% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 72 pleasant days a year, better than only 29% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 29% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Burnips
A household needs to earn about $83,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Burnips home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $84,440, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Burnips' effective rate of 1.03%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Burnips
Burnips's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Burnips.
Who works in Burnips, and how
Work in Burnips centers on manufacturing and other services. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 84%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Burnips
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Burnips.
What the weather is like in Burnips, month by month
Burnips sees roughly 72 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 35, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 35° | 28° | 21° |
| April | 59° | 47° | 37° |
| July | 84° | 73° | 61° |
| October | 64° | 54° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Burnips
The nearest airport, Gerald R Ford International, is about 19 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is General Mitchell International, about 105 miles away.
The best schools in and around Burnips
Schools across Burnips average a B, better than 66% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Adams Elementary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Sycamore Elementary SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Bentheim Elementary SchoolB · 48% proficient
Top middle schools
- Byron Center West Middle SchoolA · 59% proficient
- Riley Street Middle SchoolB+ · 50% proficient
- Cityside Middle SchoolB · 46% proficient
Top high schools
- Byron Center High SchoolB+ · 56% proficient
- Hudsonville High SchoolB · 46% proficient
- Zeeland East High SchoolB− · 41% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Burnips school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Burnips measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Burnips against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Burnips
Is Burnips a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Burnips ranks 5,332nd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on low crime, heat safety, and low disaster risk, and lowest on car insurance costs and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Burnips expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $307,618. The overall cost of living runs about 13% below the national average. Set against a $84,440 median income, cost of living beats 73% of towns.
Is Burnips safe?
Yes, Burnips is safer than 98% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $155 per resident a year.
Compare Burnips with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Burnips. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Burnips represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Burnips detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Burnips: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Burnips: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Burnips: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Burnips: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Burnips detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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